The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside Italy ... divided into groups of 80 men called ‘centuries’. The man in charge of a century was known as a ‘centurion’.

However, the city was abandoned in A.D. 256 after it was besieged by soldiers from the Sasanian Empire of ancient Iran ... A Scottish man had unearthed over 100 fragments of metal which he ...